Urges the Environmental Protection Agency to support the state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants by recognizing state developed standards.
Urges the United States congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the environmental protection agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions without congressional approval.
Urges the United States Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions without Congressional approval.
Expresses support for the need for the United States and the state of Alabama to address the problem of global climate change through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards American jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens, and maintains America's global competitiveness.
Commends the United States Congress for passing the landmark Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) and supporting the national cafe air quality standards included in the legislation.
Expresses support for the need for the United States and the State of Alabama to combat global climate change and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
Commends the United States Congress for passing the landmark Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and supports the national cafe air quality standards included in the legislation.
Adopts a procedure for implementing and administering a green fleets program of procuring state motor vehicles based on criteria that include fuel economy and life cycle costing, requires fleet managers of state motor vehicles to classify their vehicle inventory for compliance with this act, establishes goals for fuel efficiency for state motor vehicles, establishes procurement policies, creates the Green Fleets Review Committee to ensure compliance, provides for advisory subcommittees.
Expresses support for the need for the United States and the state of Alabama to address the problem of global climate change through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards American jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens, and maintains America's global competitiveness.
Arkansas
AR SCR 12
2009
Adopted
Bryles
Climate Change
Declares the sense of the General Assembly with regard to climate change policy.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Emissions Reduction, Fossil Energy
Memorializes Congress of the United States to direct the United States Environmental Protection Agency to use specified criteria in developing guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil-fueled electric generating units.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Energy, Energy Security
Encourages the Administration and Congress to establish a national energy policy that strengthens access to and removal of impediments to all available domestic sources of energy to improve its affordability and reliability.
Recognizes the negative impact Cap and Trade legislation would have upon Georgia, requests that the United States Congress avoid passing an energy tax that hurts all Americans.
Gooch, Embry, Couch, Dossett, Steele, York, Quarles, St. Onge, Webber, Miles
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Climate Change - Emissions Reduction, Fossil Energy
Relates to best system emission reduction for existing electric generating units, establishes criteria by which the Energy and Environment Cabinet can establish performance standards for the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units, establishes different criteria for coal-fired electric generating units and natural gas-fired electric generating units.
Urges the United States Congress to persuade the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed Greenhouse Gas New Source Performance Standard for Electric Generating Units, requests separate standards for coal energy and gas energy.
Urges Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, urges Congress to impose a moratorium on promulgation of any new air quality regulations by EPA, except to directly address an imminent health or environmental emergency, urges Congress to require a study by the EPA and other agencies providing an objective cost-benefit analysis of EPA's current and planned regulation.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to the capture and transportation of carbon dioxide, provides that if a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company has received a construction certificate from the State Board on Electric Generation and Siting and is unable to contract with the owner after a good-faith effort to do so, the company may condemn the lands and material, relates to investment requirements, capital investment minimums, transmission lines, public notice and tax incentives.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to economic development, directs the Energy and Environment Cabinet to seek projects demonstrating injection of carbon dioxide into geologic storage, provides a process for pooling of pore space necessary to create underground carbon storage reservoirs, create a process whereby ownership of and liability for stored carbon dioxide will pass to the federal or state government, provides for reservoirs that cross state lines, authorizes the divisions to seek primary jurisdiction and authority.
Encourage Congress to adopt legislation postponing the United States Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources until an approach which does not cripple the economy is adopted.
Urge EPA to consider increased emissions in relation to increased electricity generation when determining whether to apply New Source Review to a modification of an electricity generation plant.
Opposes cap and trade legislation that would negatively impact Americans by increasing the costs of goods and services and instead supports legislation that would encourage states to establish and develop their own renewable energy portfolio standards.
Opposes cap and trade legislation that would negatively impact Americans by increasing the costs of goods and services and instead support legislation that would encourage states to establish and develop their own renewable energy portfolio standards.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Emissions Reduction, Fossil Energy
Requests the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rely on state regulators when developing guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fueled power plants.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to carbon sequestration, provides that any monetary compensation derived from the sequestration of carbon on the surface of land or water bottoms is the property of the owner of the land or water bottom upon which the sequestration occurs, unless it is contractually assigned to another party, provides that such compensation is the property of the State in circumstances involving certain projects carried out using the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.
Authorizes necessary action to ensure the state's participation in programs relative to carbon sequestration or the reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from agriculture and forestry, provides for the Office of Soil and Water Conservation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to serve as the state's agency for such participation.
Memorializes Congress to address the issue of global climate change through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards American jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens, and maintains America's global competitiveness.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Provides that the sale of electricity, current, power, steam, coal, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas or other fuel to a producer of oil and gas for use directly in enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide or the permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide in a geological formation shall be taxed at a specified rate.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Creates the Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act, specifies duties and powers of the Oil and Gas Board, provides for approval for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide and the operation of a geologic sequestration facility within a reservoir in the State, the regulation of the development of such facilities and related pipelines, enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act, conversion of certain enhanced oil or gas recovery operations, and related matters, provides for sequestration fees.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Emissions Reduction, Fossil Energy
Strongly urges the Environmental Protection Agency to reject any federal fossil fuel emission regulations that remove coal as a viable fuel option for new and existing electric generation.
Urges the U.S. Congress to decrease the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate water quality and the use of coal and wood as energy sources.
Urges the United States Congress to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions or to take action on climate change.
Provides for retention of fuel and fuel-related cost savings associated with the purchase or construction of a carbon offset facility, brings certain dams used in connection with electric generating facilities under the Dam Safety Act, makes other changes to laws governing the generation of electricity.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to carbon sequestration, removes references to improved agricultural practices in provisions declaring legislative intent relating to carbon sequestration, abolishes the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee, transfers certain duties to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, makes changes concerning carbon sequestration certification, clarifies the ownership of pore space, provides for an assessment of public lands for sequestration potential.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to carbon sequestration, removes references to improved agricultural practices in provisions declaring legislative intent relating to carbon sequestration, abolishes the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee, transfers certain duties to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, makes changes concerning carbon sequestration certification, clarifies the ownership of pore space, provides for an assessment of public lands for sequestration potential.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to geologic storage of carbon dioxide, creates the Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act, defines terms, requires applicants to obtain permits for operation of a carbon sequestration facility, authorizes extraction of carbon dioxide, excludes facility operators from certain plugging obligations and removal of surface equipment, relates to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, prohibits the right of eminent domain, authorizes the administration of federal laws regarding sequestration.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Re-creates the Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Task Force and requires the task force to continue to study any issues necessary to implement the transmission and storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations, including, but not limited to, insurance, liability and ownership issues relating to long-term carbon dioxide storage facilities.
Climate Change, Climate Change - Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Relates to geologic storage of carbon dioxide, recreates the Oklahoma Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Task Force, provides that the Task Force shall continue to study any issues necessary to implement the transmission and storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations, including insurance, liability and ownership issues relating to long-term carbon storage facilities.
Creates the Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Act, authorizes the use of a reservoir as a storage facility for carbon dioxide under certain conditions, authorizes the Corporation Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to promulgate rules and issue orders, permits, and certificates for the purpose of regulating such facilities and to protect the facilities against pollution, invasion, and the migration of carbon dioxide, imposes a per ton fee upon operators of such wells.
(Resolution) Memorializes the United States Congress to fully examine and take into account each state's current and projected energy production capabilities and current economic conditions when considering any greenhouse gas emission initiatives and to safeguard jobs and affordable energy when considering greenhouse gas emission initiatives. For at least the immediate future, we must rely on the growth of the nuclear energy industry in this state to ensure that reliable, affordable electricity is available to all of our citizens. (nuclear power)
(Resolution) Memorializes the United States congress to address the issue of global climate change through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards american jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens, and maintains america's global competitiveness.
(Resolution) Memorializes Congress to adopt legislation that would postpone the United States Environmental Protection Agency's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources using existing Clean Air Act authority until congress adopts a balanced approach to address climate and energy supply issues without crippling the economy.
(Resolution) Memorializes Congress to adopt legislation that would postpone the United States Environmental Protection Agency's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources using existing Clean Air Act authority until congress adopts a balanced approach to address climate and energy supply issues without crippling the economy.
Adopts the United States environmental protection agency greenhouse gas regulations for stationary sources in order to give the state department of health and environmental control sufficient time to promulgate appropriate regulations, if required.
(Resolution) Memorializes the United States Congress to fully examine and take into account each state's current and projected energy production capabilities and current economic conditions when considering any greenhouse gas emission initiatives and to safeguard jobs and affordable energy when considering greenhouse gas emission initiatives. For at least the immediate future, we must rely on the growth of the nuclear energy industry in this state to ensure that reliable, affordable electricity is available to all of our citizens. (nuclear power)
(Resolution) Memorializes the United States congress to address the issue of global climate change through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards American jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens, and maintains america's global competitiveness.
Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Nuclear Energy Facilities, Renewable Energy, Water Conservation/ Efficiency
Amends the State Energy Efficiency Act, defines renewable energy resources, requires state agencies to consider and implement energy, water, and wastewater conservation (and efficiency) measures, provides that strategies of the State Energy Office promoting carbon-free clean energy must include nuclear energy, renewable energy sources, and conservation and efficiency measures, requires an annual review of the State Energy Action Plan by the Public Utilities Review Committee.